Warbird Information Exchange

Thanks, again to Mark for pushing all of these photos out. I'm learning more every day...
One thing that I noticed is that the flying wire braces are different on the landplane configuration in contrast to the seaplane configuration.
Can anyone offer an opinion as to why that is?
And, the example in Ottumwa, 16Z, I think only has one long brace, instead of three, per side...

Landplane were made from wood, seaplane was aluminum. Wood would be prone to rot faster in a water inviroment.

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Looking at Bill Hirzel's aircraft, it appears that the wing-walk would be blocked by the long one.

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Images rescued from the Photobucket POW camps.... Plus three new ones for a total of 81 images...


A U.S. Marine Corps Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary (Bu. 1777) at Parris Island, SC, in May 1942. The N3Ns were used to tow Schweizer LNS-1 gliders of the Marine glider program.
[Source: Library of Congress]


A U.S. Marine Corps Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary (Bu. 1777) at Parris Island, SC, in May 1942. The N3Ns were used to tow Schweizer LNS-1 gliders of the Marine glider program.
[Source: Library of Congress]


A U.S. Navy Naval Aircraft Nactory N3N-1 Canary trainer on a seaplane ramp at Naval Air Station Pensacola,FL, circa 1942. The plane has panels removed for maintenance just aft of the engine.
Note: This N3N is BuNo 0265. This airplane is the only N3N-2 that was ever built. It was made to help correct some flight characteristics by raising the location of the horizontal elevator in relation to the lower wing. This is 0265 with a -1 rudder fitted as the -2 rudder was a different design all together. You can see the differences in tail design by looking at any picture of the -1 version.
[Source: Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-K-13390 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command]

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